Arab World vs Malaysia: Urban population

Arab World
302.20 million
in 2025
Malaysia
27.84 million
in 2025
Arab World rank
38th
Malaysia rank
35th

Urban population over time

  • Arab World
  • Malaysia
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How they compare

Arab World currently reports 302.20 million against 27.84 million in Malaysia, a difference of 274.35 million.

That makes Arab World's figure about 10.9 times Malaysia's.

Across all 66 years both countries report, Arab World has been ahead every year.

Arab World ranks 38th and Malaysia ranks 35th of 49 groups.

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About this data

Indicator
Urban population
Source
World Urbanization Prospects, United Nations (UN)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
264 places, 17,394 data points, 1960–2025
Last refreshed

Urban population refers to people living in urban areas as defined by national statistical offices. It is calculated using World Bank population estimates and urban ratios from the United Nations World Urbanization Prospects. Aggregation of urban and rural population may not add up to total population because of different country coverages.